On 01/01/2014 03:28 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 01 2014, walt wrote:
>
>> On 01/01/2014 02:07 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>> My home desktop has had a seagate external 750GB drive ST3750640cbrk for
>>> a number of years and the disk is starting to fail.
>>
>> Maybe I'm weird or something but I've never once had a hard drive fail
>> gradually/gracefully. They all just stop working, usually when I power
>> the machine on for the first time in the morning.
>>
>> What warning is the disk giving you of early failure?
>
> First it wouldn't mount in during startup.
>
> Then I tried switching the USB ports on the desktop and rebooted.
> It mounted but fsck took forever with pauses.
The open-source culture in general seems to frown upon promotion of
proprietary software (as opposed to proprietary hardware) so I usually
avoid recommending proprietary software.
But, based on reports I consider reliable (how's them for weasel words!)
I'd suggest that Spin-Rite has a chance of restoring that drive to normal
function. ("Has a chance" == more weasel words).
Anyway, consider buying Spin-Rite here:
https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
My own hard drives usually fail catastrophically within the the first month,
so I just return them for replacement under warranty. But if I ever have
an older drive fail I will certainly use Spin-Rite before giving up hope.
